Strong Irish Republic
Under-21 international, who looked a promising defender
for Spurs, but was not retained and went on to play
mainly in non-league football.

After he had started in
non-league at Enfield, Owen signed for Spurs, spending a
season at the club in the youth ranks and his stature
marked him out as a commanding centre-half who could
also play at full back, but his only appearances were in
the ill-conceived inclusion of Tottenham Hotspur in the
1995 InterToto Cup, when they were forced to play by the
FA. This lead to Spurs fielding a number of loan
players and youth players.

Quick in the tackle and
quick across the turf, he went on loan to Yeovil Town
before signing permanently with Bournemouth. Coll
failed to settle anywhere for very long, moving back to
Yeovil, before going on to Stevenage Borough and then on
to Aldershot Town, where he stayed for three years and
had the best spell of his career in the First XI.

Further moves to Grays
Athletic and Hitchin Town followed, until he transferred
to Cheshunt, where Owen had to retire from playing in
2004 with a knee injury.